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New York’s attorney general settles LCD price-fix case
ALBANY, N.Y. — Seven companies based in Asia will pay $553 million to settle claims by officials in eight states that they conspired to inflate prices for liquid crystal display screens used in tel...
Dec 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spain may fall back into recession, minister says
MADRID — Spain will slide back into recession early next year with the current quarter and the first of 2012 both registering negative growth, new Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said Monday. D...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hacking victims targeted after comments
NEW YORK — Victims of a data breach at the security analysis firm Stratfor apparently are being targeted a second time after speaking out about the hacking. Stratfor said on its Facebook page th...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Japanese businessmen wait to cross a traffic intersection Dec. 9 in downtown Tokyo. Asian stocks tumbled Friday after the European Central Bank said it had no immediate plans for a large-scale purchase of government bonds, a move investors had been counting on to help ease the region's debt crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 122.89 points to 8541.69 in the morning session.
Asian stocks decline on concern about US, European sales
BEIJING — Asian stock markets declined Tuesday amid worries about weak Christmas sales in the United States and Europe and a warning by Japan’s central bank about possible risks from the European d...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tribe’s online lending venture grows
HELENA, Mont. — An Indian reservation in the heart of Montana’s farm country may seem an unlikely place to borrow a quick $600, but the Chippewa Cree tribe says it has already given out more than 1...
Dec 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Doctors, moms take on No. 1 polluter in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY — When winter comes to Utah and atmospheric conditions trap a soup of pollutants close to the ground, doctors say it turns every resident in the Salt Lake basin into the equivalent o...
Dec 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cleveland gets first roll of casino dice in Ohio
CLEVELAND — Visitors to Ohio’s first casino won’t see glitzy Las Vegas-style stage shows but instead will get an invitation to gamble and then sample the attractions in blue-collar Cleveland. Th...
Dec 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spending shows weak November gains
WASHINGTON — Consumers spent at a lackluster rate in November as their incomes barely grew, suggesting that Americans may struggle to keep spending more into 2012. Consumer spending rose just 0....
Dec 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Peanut and corn farmer Donald Chase looks over rows of peanuts June 15 on a farm in Oglethorpe, Ga. Drought and strong prices could push more peanut production out of traditional regions and into other states.
Farmers think about giving peanuts a try
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Drought and strong prices could push more peanut production out of traditional regions and into states such as Arkansas and Mississippi not known for growing the crop but with a...
Dec 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Santa Claus still flying high in new poll
WASHINGTON — Why do kids believe a chubby guy in a flying sleigh can deliver joy across America? Because their parents do. A whopping 84 percent of grown-ups were once children who trusted in Santa...
Dec 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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